Rationality in our Society.
Some days back a person called Punji Ram, an astrologer had made a prediction about his death on a certain day between 3-4 pm. This news was captured by some TV channels who are excellent in creating issues out of nothing. Nowadays to increase their viewership ratings many news channels are more than ready to compromise on research and content.
Coming back to the story the whole day TV channels mobbed his (Mr. Punji Ram) house and were anxiously waiting if his prediction were to come true. They also sought expert advises from other astrologers about the prediction and also some so called rationalists from our society. As the time of 4 PM finally elapsed Mr. Punji Ram was still healthy and alive. The TV channels for some strange reason blamed him for wasting their time and creating a huge drama. They also obviously pointed fingers at Astrology as a Science. Well I feel that there is a great need for eliminating a large amount of superstitions from our society, but discarding Astrology may not be right. Unfortunately proving Astrology as a perfect science is very difficult. I for one believe that Astrology is a science but also admit that there only a few astrologers around who can make accurate predictions. Predicting ones death is just impossible. It is people like Mr. Punji Ram whose irresponsible behavior makes the common man believe that astrology is just a means to cheat people and make quick money. I am not here to endorse Astrology as an subject nor am I helping BJP win elections in Bihar :-)
I remember very vividly that some 15 years back many so called rationalists used to condemn Yoga. They used to say that " Yeh breathing , haat-pav hilane se kuch nahin hota ." But once western people accepted that Yoga indeed creates a remarkable difference, we here in India also slowly moved to adopting this. Another classic example is that of Ayurveda. We do not research our own rich heritage and pass lose comments on the same very happily. But the same when adopted a famous celebrity or endorsed by western scholars it becomes a craze here.
Rationality definitely has its place in our society. But so does research and intelligence.
Some days back a person called Punji Ram, an astrologer had made a prediction about his death on a certain day between 3-4 pm. This news was captured by some TV channels who are excellent in creating issues out of nothing. Nowadays to increase their viewership ratings many news channels are more than ready to compromise on research and content.
Coming back to the story the whole day TV channels mobbed his (Mr. Punji Ram) house and were anxiously waiting if his prediction were to come true. They also sought expert advises from other astrologers about the prediction and also some so called rationalists from our society. As the time of 4 PM finally elapsed Mr. Punji Ram was still healthy and alive. The TV channels for some strange reason blamed him for wasting their time and creating a huge drama. They also obviously pointed fingers at Astrology as a Science. Well I feel that there is a great need for eliminating a large amount of superstitions from our society, but discarding Astrology may not be right. Unfortunately proving Astrology as a perfect science is very difficult. I for one believe that Astrology is a science but also admit that there only a few astrologers around who can make accurate predictions. Predicting ones death is just impossible. It is people like Mr. Punji Ram whose irresponsible behavior makes the common man believe that astrology is just a means to cheat people and make quick money. I am not here to endorse Astrology as an subject nor am I helping BJP win elections in Bihar :-)
I remember very vividly that some 15 years back many so called rationalists used to condemn Yoga. They used to say that " Yeh breathing , haat-pav hilane se kuch nahin hota ." But once western people accepted that Yoga indeed creates a remarkable difference, we here in India also slowly moved to adopting this. Another classic example is that of Ayurveda. We do not research our own rich heritage and pass lose comments on the same very happily. But the same when adopted a famous celebrity or endorsed by western scholars it becomes a craze here.
Rationality definitely has its place in our society. But so does research and intelligence.
Don't you agree ?
posted by Krishnakumar Chirakkal @ 10:57 pm
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Well Said keke...
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